Mahabharata 12.80.16
तपो यज्ञादपि श्रेष्ठमित्येषा परमा श्रुतिःतत्ते तपः प्रवक्ष्यामि विद्वंस्तदपि मे शृणु
tapo yajñādapi śreṣṭhamityeṣā paramā śrutiḥtatte tapaḥ pravakṣyāmi vidvaṃstadapi me śṛṇu
Our plain-language meaning of this verse is waiting for scholar review.
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